DJs, artists, producers, venues, and crews — documented accurately, cited fully, preserved permanently.
A growing archive · six decades · every claim cited
DJ · Mixtape Pioneer
Jersey City DJ from Park Street, widely credited as the originator of the city's mixtape scene. Began DJing at age seven, practiced all five elements of the craft, and built beats on two turntables and two tape decks before samplers existed.
DJ · Videographer · Documentarian
Formerly billed as DJ Wizard, Wiztv directed the nearly three-hour Jersey City DJ Documentary Vol. 1 (2006) and operates the video platforms that preserve the scene's parties, battles, and music videos to this day.
DJ · Producer · Turntablist
Robert Van Liew, known professionally as DJ DX, is a Jersey City DJ and producer active since the late 1990s — named after the Double X Posse, schooled on the MPC by Mark Cee, and documented live in the 2006 documentary.
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